CVE-2018-14461

HIGHScheduled

Published:Oct 3, 2019(6 years ago)

Modified:Dec 3, 2025

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

The LDP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-ldp.c:ldp_tlv_print().

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
tcpdump	tcpdump	4.9.3	-
apple	mac_os_x	10.15.2	-
debian	debian_linux	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Oct 3, 20196 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Dec 3, 20255 months ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050....Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053....Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26Mailing List

CVSS Score

v3.1

7.5/ 10.0

HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

tcpdump / tcpdump

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGESRelease Notes

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/aa5c6b710dfd8020d2...Patch

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23Mailing List

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28Mailing List

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050....Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053....Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26Mailing List

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGESRelease Notes

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/aa5c6b710dfd8020d2...Patch

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23Mailing List

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28Mailing List

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547Third Party Advisory

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityNone

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityNone

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2018-14461

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Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

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References

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CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description